Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-14

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one hundred pounds When eree1 and
twenty pounds when dry. On
paGe Il Of this work ID 70 be bound 4
Description d the shape Of tAese boxes
and how 10 make them. The author
says. These standard boxes. now
generally adopted, are feet 10 inches
long b fest 10 inches vide AZ TOP
and fest 4 inches b length by I foos
I inches IL width a. the bottom. Al IN
SIDE measure. The csFneY rsoats are
made 81 fr, two inches sauare. The
bottom Il also made Of fir, aud should
baone piece az three-aunrfer inch rfuT
The sides and ends measure y inches
IN depth on the slope aud consist FIRST
q the bottom Of iir By inches, and
10 which the bottom board Is securely
nailed; next above this is half-inch ce-
Oar then next above ibis, on the sides.
clear "Trip Of ir IL b inches and
8 fest long, which profess At each end
and are Of shape suited for use as
handles with which to carry the box.
Above this d another ten-ineh cedar.
The upper edge Of this should be
thickiy driven fuu Of brads or lath
nails 70 prevent piekers from slyIy re-
dncing the size a the box By splitting
OF part of the top board At the ends
the by IL inch Or strip. 70 correspond
With that Of the handles, should Be at
the top a. protection from breaking BY
weight Of poles laid on Il. "
An Iowa man naturally guages his
State By the corn il viii produce, lust
as some Of our people here are apt 70
take hops IS the standard Of value
with US. IL was with pleasure / met
and converted and inteFehanged opin-
ions with Mr.. Noble, Of Dies Moines,
Iowa, who was out here on q flying
trip, who was enthusiastic over our
scenery, timber, fruit, and all
that, but we could not raise corn like
they did IN Iowa" 20 which Of course
assented. But when he came 70
claim that because Iowa produced two
hundred and sixty million bushels OF
corn, therefore she was destined TO be
a greater State than Washington, when
developed. Then and there ! took
issue with him. Did time permit, /
would like only too web 70 Inventory
our resources for Mr.. MOBILES benefit,
and Others like him. and may do so
some time, but for the present must
lake up other things more pertinent 10
the object Of this writing.
I was Just sending q carload Of fat
hogs TO the Seattle market, not fed on
sorn exclusively, and which brought
10 the feeding question both OF cattle
md hogs. Tony surprise learned
hat they often in Iowa practieed feed
ng corn TO cattle while on the pastures. |
Z - A. fa0ra hal
ound il better to buy than 70 raise, "
aid Mr.. Noble, and yet that seemed to
Je q sort Of standard prevailing price,
II which vast quantities could be OBJ
aimed for feeding purposes. This |
corn at fifteen cents per bushel
.old more to my mind than simply /
he financial question OF whether II
,aid best 70 feed cattle in Iowa or /
Washington. Mr.. Noble said 1.-THE |
iield was about fifty bushels per acre"
let as see. Fifty bushels of corn at fif-
cen cents per bushel IS just $50 per
.cre gross receipts 10 the acre annu-
lily; to my mind, the more corn pro-
luced and sold for that price, the worse
or the farmers Of Iowa and their de-
cendants. And no matter If they do
produce, AZ he said, two hundred and
ixty million bushels n year, that viii 4
lot make them great or permanently |
or populous start.
The true measure Of the value of any
,ountry is its ability 10 sustain popu-
alton and TO produce wealth; no mat
er IL IL Is, like as with our coal mines,
. single square mile OF land will give /
for lifetime 70 i've hun
lred persons; or like as with our fish
iries, the broad ocean contributes 70 /
mr. wealth; or like as with our iron
mines, inexhaustible; or like as with /
,ur timber, " without limit" or like |
,uF wheat fields. 20 produce wheat at
.heaper cost than any other coun-
nv; or Ike our rapidly developing |
ruit productions, In quantity, quality |
md variety not 20 be excelled any,
where on earth" II is ell the same as
o results, and the great future will |
Justify the expectation Of q prosper
Nus, dense population in "our Wash
ngton.'
Now comes Mr.. r. NJ. Hoskinson, OF
Port Blakely, in letter published IN |
he Sunday PosT-INTELLIGEScER OF the |
TN, with structures pleasant though |
positive, because / said in the Horti-
tent az Tacoma, and feaikrmed |
n the I" Talks" that there are thou |
lands and thousands Of acres in Wash
ngton Territory that will not raise
ruit, or anything else, for that mat
err | will here reaftrm that asser-
ion, and win say that do not refer
10 the top OF the Cascade or Olympic |
y either. IL Is refreshing |
% read such a frank, positive letter, |
and 1 DO not doubt the sincerity or ac-
,urRcv Of the statements made, that |
le has set out an orchard of apple. |
pear, cherry, plum and prune tres and |
! variety Of small fruits, Ton iir timber
andl all of which have grown splen-
idly and produce abundanuy.
There is no doubt but what he writes
5 true: In fact. can bear testimony |
70 having seen such results in numef-
rus places myself, and ! am aware
here are thousands upon thousands OF
Ocalities where fruit aud garden
AS and q multitude OF beautiful |
lowers " will thrive and do well upon
our =" hr timber lands" Nevertheless |
/ does not follow hit what ! said and |
wrote was accurate and trEe. have /
seen strafas Of shells hundreds OF feet |
above tide level and miles back from |
iidewater, in these Ar timber lands,
where the sod was undoubtedly rich |
and fertile. and then have seen thou
sands and thousands Of acres where no |
kind q yegetstion grew or would grow |
axceps g littie stupted fern, and that, /
As told Jay Cooke in View York IN /
so was not DC Tor goose P4stGEe,
ne saving Of which opened his eyes |
lie as nothing else he had ever heard |
from that country"
Jane said, when she read Mr.. Hos
tins0nss letter You remember that I
great strawberry country, back OF Ma
.ana, on the high lands :" 1es, IN.
Iced / do; the finest strawberries |
ayeF saw and the best yield reported, |
and doubtless the best results hnan-
sially. vas there recorded from land /
1. way up on she top Il the hill, IN the /
An timber lands. And 50 Il goes All
over he high lands Ut this timberet
region: some % Il = rich aud fertile,
some 81 t barren waste; sonae o. 4
viii be occupied and make happy
homes, whjle other portions viii never
know the bands 81 the hushsndman
onIv 70 return los for labor bestowed,